Additional Internet Resources for SSR
Hopkins, G. (1997). “Sustained Silent Reading” Helps Develop Independent Readers (and Writers).
Posted at the (commercial) Education World site.
Hopkins, G. (1997). Free Voluntary Reading (FVR) “Pays” Big Dividends.
Posted at the (commercial) Education World site.
Trelease, Jim. (1995). The Benefits of Sustained Silent Reading.
Excerpted from
The Read-Aloud Handbook.
New York: Penguin. Posted at the (commercial) Parent Soup site.
Sustained Silent Reading (S.S.R.) or Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) (whole class routine).
(1992). From the “Elementary Level English Language Arts: Daily Routines” area of Saskatchewan (Canada) Education's Elementary Language Arts: A Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Level.
Byron Middle School Library and Silent Sustained Reading.
(1998, April 15). From the “Byron Middle School Reading Projects” area of the Byron (Illinois, USA) Middle School site.
Reading to Learn Institute: Free Voluntary Reading (FVR).
(1996). Posted by the San Diego County (California, USA) Office of Education.